Don't do this to any tractor! Learn from my STUPID mistake! I fried the Ventrac!

Don't do this to any tractor!! Learn from my STUPID mistake! I fried the Ventrac! ‪@toro‬ ‪@ventrac‬
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[@johnyb9884]

Thanks for the video. I’m looking for a tractor now…

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad I could help

[@LandFather]

Tractors are just the best. I’m just starting my channel but plan on putting out a lot more tractor content in the near future, check it out, I ain’t Mr. Stoney Ridge by no means, but I’m having fun with it!!

[@dalebargen]

Good advice! I love my Ventrac!

[@dalebargen]

You need the Ventrac sponsorship back!

[@davidgenthnerjr4995]

I drive a 1997 F-350 XLT Crew Cab 4x4 and I keep a few white bottles of the Powerservice Fuel treatment and anti gel in my truck during the winter and add 8 oz to each fill up. I also keep a red bottle of Power Service Diesel 911 incase of severe fuel gelling. I live in the northern tip of Maine where temps can go from 90+ degrees Fahrenheit in the summer time to -60F degrees in the middle of winter. Another rule of thumb to be easy on your diesel fuel filters, do not exceed a 1/4 of a tank of fuel so as not to get lots of junk from the bottom of the tank clogging filters.

[@hammer9390]

Mistakes always hurt. Glad it was not worse. Hope other people will listen and learn.

[@smarternu]

40 year mechanic here, TRUE for gas too. Even a low battery can summon electrical gremlins. By FAR the electrical system is the most sensitive.

[@AldenHayFarmer]

Those are the only 2 complaints we ever had about the Ventrac at the golf course I worked at, those damn driveshaft grease zerks and fuel capacity.

[@ndafarachaitezvi1139]

Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

[@fmeach7711]

Yep, they don't like running out of fuel, or getting the fuel filter clogged with water. That happened also and I thought I blew it up, I got lucky. Thank goodness for Starting Fluid. Lucky for me my tractor is so old, no computer. You are also correct, that Diesel Power Services additive does work.

[@KapperOutdoors2.0]

Somehow it seems that Mother Life keeps on teaching us new lessons! It seems like every machine has some grease zerks are meant to challenge our temper and zeal in life!! Another great life lesson, and man, I'd love to have one of them tractors!! Thanks for keeping it real buddy! Cheers! (oh, love the vintage clips early on!)

[@jay7322601]

Locknlube has some grease fitting relocation hoses for those pain fittings, I have used in past makes things lil easier.

[@kman-mi7su]

Yep, manage your fuel in diesel vehicles/equipment. But, if you run out of fuel, take the time to properly bleed the system by cracking open the fuel line fittings at the injector pump.

[@BigTader]

Josh you would make a great spokesperson for Ventrac. My local dealer for Ventrac are not the best place to work with their customer service is horrible. Very informative video.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

used to be a spokesperson for them...I'm talking to them again about it

[@Nick-nw6zg]

Hey Josh, dude a mistake is only stupid if you don’t learn the first time and do it again☝🏼🤘🏼👍🏼‼️

[@downtoearthconstruction7768]

For gasoline engines I use StarTron. I remember getting bad gas in my scoot, added some startron, good as new. It helps atomized any moisture in your fuel.

[@bubbakemp5817]

Hopefully this information will help others! You educating your audience is probably my favorite aspect of your channel! You constantly educate and help people! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thanks for sharing and God bless!🙏

[@jeffparker3334]

As much as those things cost you would think they would remedy these problems. My neighbor has one and almost all the attachments including the 3 point, roof and 8 tire setup. He has almost 60K wrapped up in his.

[@randthor9344]

good info that I'll try to remember

[@brandonhenke7116]

The other solution besides putting treatment in it to fill fuel tank at the end of the day it'll keep condensation out of your tank.

[@ShortbusMooner]

Thanks for the tip, teach! 😁👍

[@TimBinns68]

We have a new Massey Ferguson and it has a moisture sensor that will put the tractor in limp mode if it senses any, and I mean any moisture. Diesel Power Service Clear Diesel is the only thing I've found that makes the water undetectable by the sensor. Amazing stuff.

[@carlgrayman7663]

All you had to do was crack injector lines when it started and bleed the air out. I don't see the link to the fuel treatment you were talking about?

[@jtc1947]

Hi Josh! Sorry about the VENTRAC problems. Ref: Computer stuff? Have a pen-pal who has a pick-up truck and HE NOW has to IGNORE his dashboard because something failed and the repairs would be SUPER expensive! Blessed BE!

[@andrewgraeme8429]

My neighbour did that once - took him all day to get the air out! Algae or bacteria in Diesel. Wash the system out with gasoline and leave the gas in for the day. Drain and replace with Diesel (obviously!)

[@tedbutts6932]

Josh, is it possible to add a grease-fitting extended tube to the hard-to-get lube points, this way its more convenient to get to, whether it's you or a service mechanic? I am sure someone make them if not maybe you can DIY one. You can do this for sure.

[@jeffgootjes8418]

If the fittings are in u joints that wouldn’t work. Other stationary fittings it would work well. There are kits available at bearing supply shops to set up remote fittings.

[@JohnR9965]

Algae will definitely grow in an idle machine. Yeah gotta work ‘em.

[@jerrycampbell6181]

When I was in Highschool 74-75 time frame ! I was running a older Case tractor discing , I went to lunch came back and forgot to put fuel in it like I was supposed to! I worked for an hour or so an it started to bawg down so I dropped a gear down and took off again ! Did it again and died , I tried to start it and it fired and pumped oil out of the air cleaner 😮 I thought I had blowen it up !!! So I walk back to my boss's house to tell him, first thing he ask is did I put fuel in it after lunch 😞 he was mad , it took us at least 5 hours to unhook, pull it in and bleed all the lines , I NEVER LET ANYTHING DIESEL GET LOW OF FUEL EVER AGAIN !!!

[@85square]

ran my kubota out of fuel multiple times, mine is self-priming though, so it's no big deal.

[@HurairahHomestead]

I don't know about nowadays, but, it used to also be a big issue if you were starting and stopping diesel engines a lot you would burn the starter up.

[@LandFather]

Love your channel man. Been watching for a long time and just subscribed. I started my channel about a week ago and I’m quickly learning how important those subscriptions are. Keep up the great work Josh

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thanks for the sub!

[@billwilliams9527]

Don't beat yourself up Josh, we all make mistakes. Some just cost ya more than others.

[@cwolf8841]

What is the correct way to refuel?

[@bobmartin9518]

I have a Kubota and my only problems have been fuel related. Continued to get an air bubble. An electric fuel pump primes the system without a need to stop and start the tractor. Kubota has a return on the fuel so it really has no priming issue. Strange to me that stop/start would fry the computer/ECU

[@chrisowen5497]

Thank you for sharing! Some diesels are easier than others to restart/bleed lines after the fuel runs out. Frying the computer would have never crossed my mind. That looks like an awesome machine. I may try to talk my wife into us getting one for our farm. Also, do you have a review of this machine on your channel, as I don't remember seeing it. I will look for it later. Gotta get back to work.

[@brianhillis3701]

I took 1 gallon and 1 quart empty gasoline cans. Spray painted them yellow, put a diesel label on them and keep them with the machine. They are small and just enough to stop problems or limp home. Also much easier to carry than a 5 gallon jug. Use it each time you fuel equipment and replace it then.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol.....seems like that might be a little tougher than just keeping an eye on the fuel guage brotha ...but a good ide for sure ....I've got a large fuel tank on the farm that I pump from...saves time hauling jugs around. I probably burn about 400 gallons of diesel on the farm each year

[@brianhillis3701]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer yet you just put out an episode on running out of fuel and complain about how hard it is to reprime diesel engines.

[@stevenpeterson8444]

a lesson in defining insanity. been there.

[@scottbehr5690]

At least you were willing to admit you screwed up!..On our place, we don't start any equipment without checking the radiator, oil, and fuel. Top off anything that needs it. Saves a ton of money and down time.

[@bronco797]

I would check the ground cables and make sure they are clean and connected good. I have seen poor ground cause excessive heat on electrical components.

[@brandonhenke7116]

The reason algebra grow in your fuel tank is because there's condensation in the tank

[@mikedavis2969]

👍

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

Hey Josh happy to hear you were able to fix your Ventrac! Thank you for the advice, and for the diesel additive information..

[@romancharak3675]

I think you should have taken your Ventrac back to the place where they did the sloppy service. Just to show the owners/manager what is happening in their place of business. They probably charged you full pop, too.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Oh I called them...why waste 3 hours on someone that's not doing their job...give a list of 5 items and get 2 of them done...seems like they would have been a bit more thorough...especially knowing I used to represent Ventrac

[@johnnysewardjr3319]

I literally in Orville Ohio right now

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

nice...cute little town isn't it!

[@ShaneZettelmier]

Here’s something to think about I saw on a Tele handler. As watching a review on a Tele handler and what they did was they ran little tubes to all the grease fittings and he walked up to the back and open the panel and there were about 20 Zirk fittings, and that’s where you greased everything. So I’m sure you could replace that Zürich fitting with a 90 and run a tube out with another dessert fitting on the end and just fill that tube with grease and you could easily grease that part from the side of the engine. It would be a pain to get it in there the first time but once you did that it have easy access degrees that area for the rest of the machines life. If you know somebody advance track or you might want to suggest it to them, I thought that was a spectacular idea that should be done on all machines, having a simple panel where you could just go and grease all of your fittings from one location without any obstructions would be awesome but for something like that or you can’t reach it otherwise, I think that would be a pretty great option.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep....but can't do it on a rotating part....it's just tough to get to

[@ShaneZettelmier]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer bummer, yeah if it’s rotating that won’t work, they should implement something into or maybe use some sort of banjo fitting around those bearings so it can be and greased from the side. :/

[@rooster3019]

My Kubota gasser 4500Z has the same block and lay-out as does your Y model. I have managed, to grease the front universal fitting from the RIGHT as Ventrac instructs, but it was a frustrating task eventhough the oil filter was off to allow better visual access. The front and rear grease zerks are in same plane, so start at rear with the zerk straight up, this is easy peasy routine grease access. Then turn the engine to where the zerks are (if you are viewing a clock from front of tractor) at 5:00 or not quite straight down. Now you will be working blindly, so use your hand to reacch in and down to the U joint and find the zerk with your finger and wipe it clean. Use a long grease hose as Ventrac instructs and NOT one of those large clip on fittings, smaller is better here. Thread the hose well down and then back up to where you felt the zerk. You hands and the hose fitting need to be clean and dry of grease, but you can push the coupler onto the zerk with two fingers and apply the grease. Took longer to keyboard this than to do the task.

[@ChrisTheGr8est]

Grease Fitting Relocation Kit LUBA AWD 5000 : Perimeter Wire Free Robot Lawn Mower, pre cut your lawn then tell your robot to cut the yard every 3 days or so.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol....be nice if that would work on 150 acres

[@judylandry302]

If you never made mistakes you wouldn't know very much.

[@shawndickmann8215]

The cows don't spook when you fly over them??

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

nope...they actually follow it

[@jeffgootjes8418]

I hope Miss Stoney Ridge wasn’t too upset with you. We all make mistakes.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...she doesn't really pay attention to any of the equipment my friend

[@tiffanydoss611]

Put a rubber grease gun hose and fitting on the greaszirt and leave it accessible

[@treylem3]

Great idea ! Note: It's called a grease 'zerk'. I think it's named after the guy that invented it ✌️ Edit

[@Pseudo-Geek]

I ran a diesel JD 750 out of fuel years ago. Bled the system, which is almost impossible due to the close proximity of another engine part to the nut that has to be loosened. Better to just bite the bullet and get it over with than to run the starter over and over. Surprised you didn't just burn up the starter instead of an expensive computer. Constructive criticism: Sometimes you repeat yourself over and over and over and over and over and over which is annoying. Is that to lengthen the 3 minutes of actual information to over 10 minutes for some reason? Nevertheless, I enjoy watching most of your content.

[@markkellogg1389]

You cannot depend on others to take care of your equipment like you will. At any mechanic shop, the youngest and least experienced mechanic is going to do the oil changes and services like you wanted done. It takes a lot less time to do it yourself than to deal with the repercussions of taking it somewhere else.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I agree! You'd think you could just turn someone loose on a job and they'd get it done

[@FarmallFanatic]

Kinda miss your overweight days..I felt right at home 😂

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bhahahhaha...love it! I'm putting it back on now bhahahha

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video now I would like your opinion on this because I'm not too sure about this my friend she told me she heard this from somebody she said that they had an organic farm and somebody next door or a little bit further down did not and when they sprayed the chemicals on their farm the wind blew and bluitt on their farm and made it non-organic so she said whichever way the wind blows it's going to make it non-organic I guess if they're spray is in the air and it lands on your plants then yes but otherwise I don't think so so she does not believe in organic so thank you Josh if you can get back to me with the answer sorry for the long message woo

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

totally false....USDA Certified Organic is just a pile of loopholes that are required to jump through to have that label...I'm not playing their game

[@petermavus4131]

Not wearing your "Stupid should hurt" shirt

[@chrissheathewoodguy]

well josh if you simply just got fule when it was running out you would not have frided the computor. so this issue was not running out of fule, it was being a stuborn arus.. lol that's how i see it.. but like you said you paid for the daa moment.

[@paulprigge1209]

Thanks for video but the bottom line is toys! Lol TOYS!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

hmmmm...toys that get the job done...but I do like playing with them!

[@georgesimpson3113]

How about telling us WHAT Diesel Power Service product you use?! They make several. (but yea, I run the stuff also)

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

here's a link to what I use from my Amazon page...that link is in every video description in case you're curious about the things I use on the farm/channel. The answer you seek is right there at your fingertips brother: amzn.to/3Te2hJI (link earns commissions)

[@georgesimpson3113]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer In a thirteen minute video it would have been easier to just mention what you used, even just once... So we are supposed to know to scroll down to find it, then click around and search on your links, or you could just mention it in the video... Gota guess - is it under ATV Tractor stuff, or Mechanic Tools and stuff, or maybe the 370+ influence link? Maybe Power tools? Diesel Power Service is the brand, not the product. Just sayin, brother.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

why are you scolding me? I just sent ya a link and told you there was a link already in the description and now you're treating me bad for it? I'm not sure I understand why you're fussing at me...I'm not your child...please be kind...I don't deserve to be put down or scolded for trying to help you sir

[@marktelin7259]

Wait til you break an axel 😮

[@marktelin7259]

That was originally designed by Steiner

[@malcolmcavalier7849]

And the Steiner family started Ventrac after they sold the Steiner company . Same people started both companies.

[@derekhaynes4251]

As a ventrac owner I feel you are a bit misleading. With the price of the machine. Mowing fence is ok if it’s flat ground. Off camber it’s nothing but a pain. Have to keep a good distance from the fence due to articulation. And one better have really deep pockets to own one. I have broke lots on mine. From spindles,belts,bolts and had to replace both bearings in the front axels that turned into complete axel replacements. I’ll admit I’m hard on all equipment and my 4500P goes well but can’t hold up to my work very well. It really shines in briar patches and small autumn olive trees tho. Basically I feel it was made for reclaiming over grown pasture fields. Or mowing flat lawns. I do not recommend buying a ventrac to anyone due to high cost of maintenance on an already crazy priced machine. Around here in my area of North Central WV they are priced at 35k and up with attachments. Also the bucket is only for loose piles of sand,rock,wood chips ect. Not digging holes or into anything hard packed really.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

It's not a bulldozer and it's not a forestry mulcher my brother...it's a tough little landscape tractor. I've only replaced 1 belt on my tough cut mower, I've broken a few pullys and spindles due to my abuse, not regular use. I'm sorry you've had trouble with your front axle...I've not had this experience and I'm going on 600 hours

[@derekhaynes4251]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer my company purchased one last summer for pipeline right of way mowing and said their axels leaked already. But was fixed under warranty. So far mine is doing well after replacing them. And I fully agree. I had higher expectations for it when I made the purchase but after a few extra k in parts I’m trying to take it a bit easier on it. But I’d say it’s headed down the rd soon. Just gonna get a regular mower and tractor I believe. Also I’m not sure on the newer ones but the 2018 I have is a dog not much speed /power when cutting fields that go up hill.

[@tommix2181]

Run gas 32 all day 4520z

[@ClickinChicken]

That's not a big deal. I've done that on my Ford 1910 diesel tractor. You have to use bleed screw, but yeah, you're wanking on the Starting motor a lot. It's like being late for a CC payment and consequent 35 dollar charge. Grrrr. Like that Ventrac tractor. Dual wheels good in snow?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

ventrac is good with a snow blower...but not so good in deep snow or deep mud

[@isaacwalker7863]

We had three ventracs when I worked on the grounds crew during college. Two gas and one diesel and nobody liked the diesel…couldn’t seem to get out of its own way and campus was built in a hill and it would take forever to get up hills with the diesel.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I love mine...it's not a speed demon for sure...but it gets the job done awesome! Actually looking at a second one!

[@isaacwalker7863]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer we used them for snow removal too and that was where the main gripe was. The diesel wouldn’t go fast enough to roll snow. It would push a pile for sure but just didn’t have the high end for efficient plowing. The diesel was definitely better for mowing brush.

[@colleenallen3382]

So sorry for you. Now what? Buy another one?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...yep...well no not really...gotta watch the video my friend

[@treylem3]

​@@StoneyRidgeFarmer🎯👍

[@colleenallen3382]

I did watch the video, the whole video. Guess I missed something and will have to watch it again. Thanks.

[@jessequentin4441]

Idk why you're so hung up throughout the whole video on not running out of fuel. The mistake was running the starter over and over and over for two hours.

[@kennyboothe5884]

Duh and u call yourself a farmer 😂😂😂

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

and then theres that lol

[@lovelypets71]

wow